with the confidence that what you're serving is going to be good seafood by nature is a high risk sometimes trampas raised using production drugs. that are not approved for use in the u.s. the f.d.a. simply isn't testing enough on the imported market to really find all of these violent brands if you take no at this time on al jazeera. this is al jazeera. hello i'm daryn jordan this is the al-jazeera news hour live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes the war in syria escalates on two fronts strikes in the east

and what activists say the turkish monitors bombed a hospital in a free. china's parliament meets to vote for the country's leadership but there's no doubt who the president will be. a questionable arms deal corruption charges are reinstated against former south african president jacob zuma. denouncing corruption and protesters in slovakia call for an early election after the killing of a journalist. welcome to the program fighting on two major fronts in syria is forcing people to flee in the tens of thousands as airstrikes rained down on civilians in rebel held eastern goods at near the capital damascus at least ninety people have been killed most of them with a busy market was hit by an airstrike but activists say the bombs were dropped by russian jets the united nations estimates up to sixteen thousand. people have

escaped the enclave in recent days meanwhile in the north west activists and the kurdish why b.g. are important the only functioning hospital in a frame has been hit by turkish forces killing fifteen people which turkey has denied well the battle for control of the freeness forced almost fifty thousand people from their homes turkish troops and a lot of rebel groups now have the city surrounded they're trying to capture it from the white pages alan fischer reports from gaziantep it's a beauty of stark brutal contrasts. with a line between life and death a sharp and arbitrary this is a fringe a city that's been shelled by the free syrian army backed by the turks. with the number of dead rises by the day with a pall of smoke from another attack hangs in the year no surrounded by the f.s.a. and the turkish military the final assault to take the city is underway civilians on the ground have expressed serious worries to us regarding their safety including

as a result of fighters placing rocket launchers in residential areas. we're deeply concerned about the high risk of civilians who are effectively trapped being injured or killed the sieged used as human shields or displaced as a result of the fighting people are being allowed to leave your route to the surface humanitarian corridor to skip the fear and the expectation of what's to come. on and our friends in the cause of turkey we fled from a friend because of the heavy turkish bombardment there frightening people yesterday i couldn't sleep we suffer to get here. used to go to different actors but a similar situation cozens left part of the besieged on cleve on thursday thousands more have no choice but to put it simple and straightforward children have been and continue living in hellish conditions in places like eastern good job and

also a strain it is good to see that at last a few thousands of people have been able to leave these hellish conditions in anything without enough rain. the popular market now was hit boardings piled up in the streets. syrian civil war no. alliances of the battle lines of change but what is no different is that each day some people will live until to morrow how many innocent people will die out fish or how to zero on the turkey syria border while not hashem is from the qur'an foundation that's an aid group operating on the ground in syria and turkey she says the people in eastern goods are losing hope of getting out alive. been receiving really scary reports every day this morning i received a message that from one of our team members up the line eastern and it was titled

the final call the last call he told us that today was a catastrophe by all definitions of the word. there being fled from neighborhood to neighborhood only to be met by death from place to place from the aerial strikes from the general theme and russian jets they're being forced to. forcibly displaced from place to place and you know they're there travelling between basements to basements you know their basements are not equipped they're not prepared it's just a place under ground where they can try to stay safe from these aerial bombardments and every place they leave for example they left hemisphere they left so they went to his did today the same thing they're met with the same but martin and the same death and destruction when all the foreign ministers of iran russia and turkey are meeting in kazakstan for talks on the syrian conflict the three countries have been on opposing sides during the seven year war but are working together to try to end

the violence so i know how to reports from a standoff. syria brings them together stakeholders and power brokers in a country now divided into areas of influence turkey unlike iran and russia doesn't support the syrian government but the three countries have enough common interests to continue cooperating so the so-called us to now process the kazakh capital has hosted many rounds of talks on syria since the beginning of last year the process is meant to complement talks in geneva but the message from here was clear a disregard for the un led peace process and any western intervention in a final settlement but. a cease fire in the deescalation zones were important steps to end the war in syria a process is the successful international initiative to decrease tension in syria a sauna is where the political situation to the crisis will be found. for now agreeing on the paramita years of post war syria is being decided on the ground

turkey is leading a military operation against the white p.g.d. in the mainly kurdish populated northeastern town of africa and the russian and iranian government are supporting the syrian government's campaign to recapture the rebel held. the foreign ministers meeting will be followed by a summit in april that will be attended by the three countries presidents turkey said it will host the meeting and said it's will be to revive peace efforts the last time the three leaders met was in november at the time they were discussing post conflict syria and a peace conference that was held in sochi in late january since then there has only been military escalation. this week countries may have their differences but they share animosity towards the united states turkey's against the u.s. is alliance with the syrian kurdish e.g. armed groups the russians and iranians believe the american military presence in

the critics controlled north east and its threats against the government are about increasing leverage which you're sure that. it's unacceptable the u.s. threats to strike damascus with critics like the use of chemical weapons we have told washington that we rejected streets to use force. russian and iranian support have changed the balance of power in the syrian government's favor but politically there is no credible prospect of a settlement there is an international power struggle and they go are likely to continue on the battleground. asked. to come here on the news hour including it was ok to p.w. coach or something loud and angry in brazil love of the killing of a popular politician plus. right now i don't have any. white. an egyptian father's plea to the daughter he calls an angel died in the u.k. . and in sports football returns to iraq partially lift the ban on the country

hosting competitive international that's also to come. bring you some breaking news the deputy director of the f.b.i. has been fired just days before he was due to retire mccabe had been suspended and subject to an internal investigation which recommended he signs for leaking information to the media he's frequently been the subject of criticism from president donald trump mccabe says he believes he's been singled out for events he witnessed five f.b.i. director james comey let's get more now on this breaking news story from roslyn jordan joins us live from washington d.c. always talk about mckay but he might go has this latest firing come as any surprise really. it hasn't really come as any surprise there is been a lot of speculation particularly in the last couple of weeks of about whether he

would actually make it to this coming sunday march eighteenth which would be his fiftieth birthday and the date which under federal regulations would allow him to retire not just with a full pension but with an enhancement to that pension because he has spent his federal career working in law enforcement well now that's not going to happen unless he is able to appeal in court and to win his appeal we don't know because this is just become public in the last few minutes that andrew mccabe has been fired by the attorney general jeff sessions now he also came under fire not just because he was accused of leaking information about the clinton e-mail investigation to reporters he's also come under fire because an internal investigation also found that when his fellow f.b.i. agents inquired about what he was doing or what he wasn't doing they found that he

was a base of and misled them about his actual role in the leaking of that information so it's really a double whammy and this isn't so much a political low witchhunt per se even though he certainly was not appreciated or liked by the president donald trump this was an investigation carried out by his colleagues in an agency where he had worked for more than twenty years and they made the recommendation that because of his behavior after the two thousand and sixteen investigation that he'd be removed from his post and be sent packing from the agency and rolls this all comes as the white house tries to reassure stuff that nobody else will be fired for now this is surely put the cat amongst the pigeons as it. well it certainly does reignite what the white house may well have been hoping would have been a quiet couple of days in the never ending news cycle here in washington there's

been a number of reports coming out on friday into saturday morning indicating that the chief of staff john kelly had reached an agreement with the president that he would be staying on that he's not going to lose his job and in fact he gave a number of seemingly flattering interviews flattering to the president and to his running of the u.s. government in the past twenty four hours there's also some speculation that perhaps the national security adviser h.r. mcmaster might stay on a bit longer even though it is generally understood that he will be leaving his post once the president finds someone that he thinks is better suited to give him that important and critical information on national security issues both here in the u.s. and over seems all right to iraq jordan then washington d.c. rose thank you for that one as was mentioned that the white house has dismissed reports u.s. president donald trump is planning another stop shake up a separate state rex tillerson was sent to this week but the white house chief of

stuff has been reassuring aides have been no further changes press secretary sarah huckabee saunders told reporters no employees should be concerned from now and it's just actually spoke to a number of staff this morning reassuring them that there were personnel changes no immediate personnel changes at this time and that people shouldn't be concerned we should do exactly what we do every day and it's come to work and do the very best job that we can and that's exactly what we're doing that's exactly what we're focused on. south africa's former president jacob zuma is facing prosecution for corruption the charges include fraud racketeering and money laundering over a two point five billion dollars arms deal signed in the one nine hundred ninety s. zuma denies any wrongdoing and malcolm webb reports from the torah. it began with a two billion dollar deal between south africa and a french arms company in the one nine hundred ninety s.

. these fighter jets were part of it. and prosecutors say this man jacob zuma was paid bribes to secure the deal he was charged with corruption in two thousand and five the charges were later dropped shortly before he became president zuma resigned in february and now africa's prosecutor says the case is back on i am of the view of the view that a trial court would be the most appropriate forum for these issues to be ventilated and to be decided upon after consideration of the matter i am of the view that there are reasonable prospects of a successful prosecution of mr zuma and the charges listed in the indictment. charges one of several scandals that hung i resume as a nine year presidency. here he's seen leading one of his many court hearings press in opposition accused him of handing control of parts of the state to private

interest is always denied charges and accusations. the prosecutors who work in this office drops the arms deal corruption charges against zuma the that he became president they said they had recordings of conversations that showed that there had been political meddling in the case those recordings were never published the opposition force hard ever since to get the charges reinstated karen mourns the journalist who broke the story of the charges being dropped and covered the issue ever since and it's been a very long time in coming almost a decade it was in april two thousand and nine in the very same rematch on abrams has now just made his historic announcement that a former head of state for the first time in south african history is going to be prosecuted for corruption soon as controversial president over prosecutors and the press billions of dollars of public money was stolen before and during his tenure south africans are still waiting to see if. anyone from his government will be held

to account. al-jazeera pretoria south africa. now the chinese president's close political ally sharon is expected to be voted in as vice president the national people's congress is approving a government reshuffle at its annual meeting in the capital beijing the former to corruption chief is set to succeed. president she will also be confirmed for a second term the congress approved the removal of term limits for the president and vice president this week. now the u.s. president signed a bill paving the way for meetings with taiwan china has criticized the move it views taiwan as a breakaway province beijing says the decision runs contrary to the one china policy which has been a cornerstone of u.s. china relations since the one nine hundred seventy s. under it all official u.s.

diplomatic contact is with beijing. now egypt's foreign ministry is demanding answers after a teenager's death in the u.k. omarion mustapha sustained severe head injuries in an attack by a group of young people in nottingham last month she died on wednesday and he would reports well liked and bright mari missed staff or had everything going for her a probably think future she come to live in the u.k. from egypt and was studying engineering. last month my arm was attacked by a group of young people in the english. mary and was taken to hospital placed in an induced coma but never recovered it was about eight o'clock at night when merriam boarded a bus in the center of notting it's alleged she was attacked on the pavement by a group who then followed her on to the bus and continued to abuse her. family says

she and her sister had been attacked by some of those in the group of poor and a struggling to comprehend what happened do you believe this was a hate crime. because right now i don't have any. question why you haven't. marry him story has been well documented in egypt and on social media with speculation running high about whether the attack was racially motivated police here say they're keeping an open mind and say there's nothing to suggest at the moment that this was a hate crime the local m.p. told lady justice. this is a very welcoming and diverse city and we are very proud to have people from all corners of the world here and not saying this is a very very unusual but clearly quite distressing situation and everybody from all backgrounds whatever their religion wants to see justice done and that is

absolutely the feelings of everybody throughout our criminal justice system the egyptian authorities a calling for those involved to be swiftly brought to justice this is an ongoing investigation which has left a city in shock and a family broken and a heywood al-jazeera. israeli soldiers have been killed and two others are being treated for serious injuries after a car running in the occupied west bank israeli military considers it deliberate a time. back the drive a friend but was caught shortly after and taken to hospital unconfirmed reports say he's a twenty six year old honest. to beijing and join scott hyla who is there outside the national people's congress scott so the president and vice president have now been chosen and as usual with the people's congress there been no surprises but there are some differences this year what are they yes they're absolutely yeah that selection process is still going on behind me in the great hall of the people now

it is the selection process for the president and the vice president their term limits for those two positions have been lifted now the new vice president coming into the office along john he is someone that really fronted the anti corruption effort from president xi jinping over the last five years so he was very very trusted and very close ally of season playing so he has been selected to this vice presidency will be selected as vice president the role that actually changing no term limits have been lifted on that as the presidency but with his power in its connection this vice presidency will be different than previous ones previously the vice president's role is fairly ceremonial but not this time know what he's going to be doing the new vice president is really kind of fronting the foreign relations part for this administration for the heat in. one thing that that's going to really focus on is the relationship with the united states and with an economic background that's a good position for the new vice president because of the the trade friction between

the united states in china so essentially this position is being elevated now other changes to the government has been streamlined there have been new ministries created over these last. ten fifteen days of the national people's congress they will conclude on tuesday but again as you mentioned there really haven't been many surprises because a lot of book has been going on there will continue to go on has really been orchestrated before it's kind of looked at as a rubber stamp for all these efforts put forward but also another change and changes i should say that have been going on under siege i'm saying is that the communist party has been growing its power within the government so there are very few aspects of life for anybody here in china where the communist party doesn't have a direct hand in now and that's something that's been going through with these changes over the last couple of days here and again we'll see you know you conclude the national people's congress concluded on tuesday then all right just got high level in beijing scott thank you. tens of thousands of protesters in slovakia demanding an early election and and a political crisis caused by

a journalist murder prime minister robert fisa resigned on thursday but demonstrators want more action on what they see as widespread corruption. was reporting on accusations of mustard ties to see so associates when he and his girlfriend was shocked it was in a new shots as more from buses lobby. organizers of this protest say that the resignation of sort of prime minister robert feet so does not change essentially nothing i spoke earlier today with one of the main organizers of the protest the journalist peter nods he said he's not going anywhere he said and clearly that message yesterday to the press and to the president he's caught himself so people who gathered here still had to demands they want independent investigation of murder of the uncouth sect and you know the state of our force so they want government to be the new one government with no connection with this organized

crime and corruption and they want these contrarian one of the protesters here for example is. former candidate for the president most of i can one of the main organizers of the protests the people against violence and i think eighty nine i feel underlined that that is the decent concrete not just about this because government about any government so according to the organizers they want new election the citizens so slovakia's they say laws that just in their country and elections are the only way to change that protester overnight than thirty cities in the slovakia this place exactly in the brought this law is symbolic in many ways this is the exact place i would approach this in eighty nine was held there was the message here. in one of the buildings says only men fight for his freedom has the

right to hold it also this is the only place. where can both. standing. after their murder. russia plans to expel british diplomats in a tit for tat arar over the poisoning of a former spied foreign minister sergey lavrov says the expulsions are in retaliation for britain booting out twenty three russian embassy staff and they're due to leave on tuesday moscow denies played any part in last week's attack on surrogates rappelling his daughter the u.k.'s foreign secretary bars johnson has accused president putin of ordering it himself. is with putin's kremlin and with his decision and we think it overwhelmingly likely that it was his decision to direct the use of a nerve agent on the streets of the u.k. on the streets of europe for the first time since the second world war that is that is why we are at odds with russian men or british police have launched

a separate probe into the death of another russian in the u.k. businessman nikka like the risk of was found dead in london on monday police have confirmed the cause of death was compression to the neck sixty eight year old disco was a close associate of prominent putin opponent boris berezovsky was found dead in the u.k. in twenty thirteen russia's most high profile opposition figure alexina valmy isn't standing in sunday's election after being banned by the electoral commission last december but that doesn't mean he's completely sitting it out valley's fund against corruption group is challenging the legitimacy of a vote a mere putin victory and they say they've got fifteen thousand people ready to help out really challenge has been to meet some of the. these muscovites are learning how to be disruptors they volunteered to monitor voting in russia's presidential election and meetings like this have been happening all over the country. they're showing videos of what to look out for this one is from parliamentary elections two years ago and shows what looks like ballot stuffing in southern russia they want to

minimize such fraud being repeated which they hope will keep sunday's election turnout from being artificially inflated mean much taking it what it. needs never will understand that this is not an election and there's no point in voting that's why our only game is the turnout because that's the kremlin's main focus in this election and they fight for high turnout with all their administrative resources if that's true just to get a man driving all this is alexina valmy russia's most high profile opposition politician in december he was barred from the elections for an embezzlement conviction that he's always said was politically motivated. choosing the presidents choosing the future says the sign and it's an intriguing idea isn't it one of russians had been able to make that choice between vladimir putin and alexina valmy well polling over the last year suggests to me a person is consistently on seventy percent whereas no valley is in single digits

the implication of that is clear but it's telling of the kremlin's approach to things that they weren't prepared to even take that chance. so in the valleys plan b. is to deal of. putin's expected reelection his tactics are polling station monitoring and calling for an election boycott he's sure of the result but he needs people to come to the polling stations otherwise his spectacle the actors the lighting man and the cloakroom attendant are all in place but the theater is empty the audience didn't turn up and that's what scares him for many of these supporters this is a generational struggle and that's if you're better asked when i went to my first rally a year ago my granny called me and said you study in a state funded university and the state pays for your education why are you going to rally you're being so bad but young throws in the university especially in moscow support me because everyone sees where the country is going the central

election committee has already attempted to block accreditation for thousands of new valleys monitors campaign activists around the country face prosecutions and jail sentences like with all of alleys initiatives this one won't go smoothly reach islands al-jazeera moscow. lots more so to come here not just here including we're on the frontlines of afghanistan's battle to save the thousands of men and women struggling with drug addiction. and in sports the draw for the quarter finals of the champions league has been made and it has delivered some exciting times more in that same. period. by this guy nine information. or off the coast of the italian riviera. we've got the rain clouds gathering again for central parts of china a little bit of wet weather down towards the southwestern coast southerly winds so

you have that's really pushing its way in the rain will stand over towards shanghai shanghai the leading edge of that should stay lossie dry for a good part of sunday with some heavy downpours and land want to try there into hong kong over the next doubting warm sunshine once again at twenty four degrees celsius that a bit of weather just making its way to northern areas of vietnam for much of it now it will be fine and settled as is the case across a good part of china is into malaysia more sober across indonesia more heavy showers coming in here with the likelihood of some localized flooding as we go on through the weekend with a little further north the basin showers coming into thailand bangkok should say losey dry temperatures here getting up to around thirty three degrees la to try to across much of in the abbey you can see how the showers are there across southern parts of the country and more heavy showers here is to go on through the next day else i put some pieces of cloud right they will live for a monsoon hate we're calling it now that will continue to build the temperatures

lifting is to go on through the next few days make poor thirty six celsius showers continue for the south a little more clout for northern pakistan. the weather sponsored by cats are always . subzero temperatures extreme altitudes. this is where the hard part because of the extraordinary journey from polish to tajikistan braved ordinary jointness that's what we do high up there's no oxygen. just to experience life simple pleasures. risking it all. of this time on al-jazeera when the news breaks. on the mailman city and the story builds to be forced to leave. when people need to be heard women and girls are being bought and given away in refugee camps al-jazeera has teams on

the ground to bring you the award winning documentaries and live news on al-jazeera i got to commend you on hearing is good journalism on air and on. our top a quick recap our top stories here on the al-jazeera the deputy director of the f.b.i. has been fired a little over a day before he was due to retire under mackay had been the subject of an internal investigation into leaks to the news media he says his dismissal is part of the trump administration's war on the f.b.i. . dozens of people have been killed in air strikes in two areas of syria and rebel

held eastern market was hit leaving more than seventy people dead and activists say fifteen others died when turkish forces bombed the only functioning hospital and kurdish controlled. and the chinese president's close political ally one sharon is expected to be voted in as vice president the national people's congress is approving a government reshuffle at its annual meeting in beijing president xi jinping is set to be confirmed for a second well let's get more on this now until to joseph cheney's a political analyst a former professor at city university he joins us now live from hong kong joseph chang how much is this people's congress being seen as a rubber stamping exercise i mean this is all about president xi shoring up his power isn't it yes well although the national people's congress according to the constitution is the organ of power in china but there is a party group within the national people's congress and it is assumed that at least

seventy to eighty percent of the deputies are party members so the party has no problem and securing that is policies is policy directives will be implemented and endorsed by the national people's congress and changing thing is making some sweeping changes in terms of how the country is run so what are these big changes and what's the thinking behind them. there is a bit of government reshuffle the organization to enhance efficiency to. limit or minimize the pump mentalism so as to enhance efficiency at the same time there's an emphasis on poverty alleviation it is probably aimed that at the by the year twenty twenty roughly all the rural poor population will be lifted above the poverty nine there is

considerable emphasis on on and run mental protection so the government will be spending considerable money in this area and policy speech is also we know a serious concern about the talent of financial risks and what about the new vice president one day when he's a close ally of president xi will his role change from the some previous vice presidents there to hypothesis about his appointment one is that he was the only clear cut porter of seats in pain in the previous political road standing committee the second is that he is above sixty eight years old and his given his being given a new term as the front nine dida means that he has he has

broken the convention of the age limit. paying assumes his third term he will not be the first one violating the convention in the recent decades. and just a final point from you i mean for president xi this is this is all about legacy isn't it so what parts of his legacy do you think he will focus on in the next five years or so. he probably will see him so as the as the most important and the the in time off them out according to statistics time the me well it's supposed to united states in terms of gross domestic product certainly time no assume high a profile and joys with the international influence high international status in the international community or just a change thank you very much for your time or just bring you more now on that

breaking news story the firing of the f.b.i.'s former number two i'm drama came had been suspended and subject to an internal investigation which recommended to be sent for leaking information to the media and mccabe says he believes he's been singled out let's get more now on talks with melanie sloan she's a specialist on government ethics and a former federal prosecutor she joins us live via skype from washington d.c. melanie andrew mccabe was always in the firing line was me his second should come as no surprise no it's no surprise president trump has been angling for mickey to be fired all along and so he's finally just getting what he wants but it's an unbelievable thing to see a top f.b.i. official someone who's devoted his career to the f.b.i. fired really only twenty four hours before his retirement would step to take a back and it's all intended to deprive him of his pension and so where does this then leave the ongoing investigation by special counsel robert muller is he going to be feeling exposed at the moment. i think this is going to backfire on president

trump in a big way mr mccain is obviously going to feel much very free to talk to the special counsel and he's clearly going to be cooperating with bob mueller it seems that he may know i have information about jim cole he's firing as f.b.i. director he was a witness to all of those events and i think we're going to see more to come about this mr mccabe is already given one interview to politico and i'm sure he'll be talking more in the days ahead and he may well also file a lawsuit to try and regain his pension because while he may be fired from his government job he can't be fired for an improper reason and if it looks like there was a political attack on him which it certainly it's almost impossible to believe there wasn't this is an unprecedented move by the president of the united states to force the attorney general to fire. the deputy director of the f.b.i. just twenty four hours before he was set to take a pension it's all

a very unusual circumstance and i expect we'll see more legal action yet it is extraordinary isn't it i mean you know mccabe said the accusations against him fits into a pattern of a tunks including some from the president himself i mean he has a point doesn't. yeah absolutely as a point president has tweeted about mccabe many many times and he likes to say that mccabe is sort of in the pocket of hillary clinton but andrew mccain was a long time republican he said that he never voted for a democrat for president and he sat out the two thousand and sixteen race and he in fact was criticized for being too tough in the hillary clinton e-mail investigation and he is someone who apparently directed someone else to speak to the wall street journal about his role saying that he had not in fact shut down the investigation that clinton foundation and that's part of what the inspector general is said to be investigating whether it was improper or mccabe to designate someone to speak to

the wall street journal even though as everyone knows the f.b.i. leaks and speaks to newspapers all the time so it's very hard to understand what mccain did here that would go wrong and that would possibly merit the incredible mistreatment that he's that he's received we've never seen a president ok that will serve in this way minute just a final point because i want to get of time i mean. this all comes as the white house tries to reassure stuff that nobody else will be fired i mean they throw in the buck amongst the pigeons that happened that i didn't get anyone want to give that donald trump is going to be firing people day after day after day and that's just that's the whole game to buy into that everybody should be worried about their job. thank you thank you. now anger is mounting in brazil over the death of a popular politician city councilor mario franco was shot dead on wednesday in what's been called an assassination she was an outspoken critic of police violence

right madison reports. brazilian voices raised in i go for a second day after the shooting of model of franco who supporters say gave her voice to the poorest to rio's teeming for violence. i'm here not just for mariela but for many other women and people from the periphery we have the idea that it doesn't matter what color you are and it doesn't matter where you come from if you have an important cause you should be respected for that idea of franco was a gay black woman who regularly condemned police aggression in rio's poorest areas she was shot four times in the head as she sat in her car the police say she was targeted deliberately brazil's president michel tema has promised a fool and transparent investigation in february to put the army in charge of security in rio de janeiro a move marianna flying coach had condemned. but actually it is i am here for black

women who make it despite all the difficulties and for all of those who don't make it those who are down in the those who have been killed by the state which is killing us every day. a vocal critic of brazil security forces may have been silenced but her supporters are still determined to be heard rob matheson. let's talk to her on a quite tell she's the executive director of connect a human rights group and joins us live via skype from sao paolo i mean these protests over the death of mario franco getting much bigger aren't they why are people so angry and what's bringing them onto the streets. well she was the one thing call and response authority of hope and a voice for the voiceless. i think people are angry because she was a person who defeated the limits there are. for blood resilience she

defeated the clean it's because she worse she went to the universe does she came in to call it did she won an election and she was eating for her people so when they kill her they are keeping their message she was doing and we are in the final lection we're going to have elections. in october it's only keating is also sounds like a message for people who wants to work to the politics to the name of the boys we're angry we're in shock we're style and i hope people will still be in this treats complaining till there's some information about who are the authors of this awful mario franco was a big critic of police brutality how much of a problem is the excessive use of force by the police and the military. what is huge i don't know how but what can i say to it is straight to situation from people

around the world but there was for example in the last year the number of killings be the generator was once something like two hundred people killed by the police in rio de janeiro and it was the highest number he says the numbers are recorded so we have a huge problem now what used to tell you we have a problem by and homicide with sixty thousand homicides pretty but within the home as the keening by the police are very very problematic and he's a huge number and they are part of this problem is the lack of. this to gauge and the scheme is kidding on the phone. and the government will say though that brazil's successfully hosted a football world cup and on a limb big games and the reason for that was that an increased level of security was put in place they will say that more police and more soldiers doesn't actually work well i don't think they will say that i don't think it was so successful we

seen a lot of refreshen during their work up on the olympics we've seen a lot of corruption on the state of. bankruptcy now so i don't think they will say that we know this list sure secured them before i want to thank you very much for talking to al-jazeera thank you now it's been revealed that a crack was reported on the bridge that collapsed onto a busy highway in the u.s. florida transport officials say the information came from an engineer two days before at least six people were killed the pedestrian walkway crashed on to several lanes of traffic in miami several cars were crushed and police say more bodies could be found but investigators from the n.t.s.b. on confirming a crack or that could have contributed to the bridge collapse. cracking a bridge does not necessarily mean that it's unsafe i know the crews were out there inspecting it and they were applying tension to strengthen a member i don't know if that was related to the cracks that they discovered that's

still too early in the investigation for us to determine nine construction workers have died in burundi after heavy rains triggered a landslide they were part of a group building a channel to redirect floodwaters near the capital but when the hillside collapsed . opium production in afghanistan has been on the rise since the us invasion in two thousand and one last year nine thousand tons were produced an increase of eighty seven percent to anybody reports now from kabul where record numbers of people are turning to drugs in desperation. in afghanistan there is a level below rock bottom it's where these lifeless expressionist drug addicts exist men who lost dignity a long time ago they've been rounded up and herded into one of the country's biggest drug rehabilitation units in kabul these are the other victims of this never ending war collateral damage if you like people who have lost loved ones lost

jobs lost hope and their numbers are growing in afghanistan every day the forty five day program of this former military warehouse complex is basic and caters for nine hundred patients the treatment consists mainly of keeping the addicts away from drugs but it can't keep them away from the desire most relapse when they leave . need international help we are struggling drug addiction is everywhere in the world but unfortunately it's affecting us more we have double impact one is the war and the other is that people are jobless. no ruse turn to drugs eight years ago when he lost his job he abandoned all hope and his wife and six children. my from north dakota with no job or income you have no choice but to steal and rob to get drugs addicts who have money eventually spend it all on drugs and when the money is gone they join us poor under the bridge we are no use to family society or country the bridges police doctor in kabul where the addicts live in

a desolate world the afghan government estimates that three million people ten percent of the population is addicted to heroin forty percent of those are women opium cultivation is a major source of funding for the taliban and a major target for the u.s. an air campaign to destroy crops and production has been intensified the international community's sixteen year battle against drugs in afghanistan has cost billions of dollars but poppy growing is flourishing like never before last year there was a sixty three percent growth in land use for cultivation and an eighty seven percent increase in opium production the most in afghan history varmus of turn to poppies because there's more money in them the conventional crops but the threats from the air always there. we are worried that foreigners are the afghan government are going to destroy our fields the farmers are the ones who face the entire hardship of cultivation but the smugglers and others are the ones who benefit the

most. that is beyond the concern of the addicks under the poly sakta bridge their only concern is how to get the next fix they are in direct victims of this war but their image will haunt afghanistan for many years to come tony berkeley al-jazeera kabul. at least eight skiers are being treated for injuries after ski lift malfunctioned in the georgian resort of the diary videos posted on social media show the lift reversing direction and running at a dangerously high speed skiers already surprised the travelling backwards rapidly down the hill were thrown metres into the air others opted to jump to safety an investigation is now underway. for a short break here al-jazeera i want to come back without all the sports zimbabwe hosting the qualifiers for the cricket world cup but want to help boost play among those that stokes.

facing realities growing up when did you realize that you were living in a special place the so-called secret city getting to the heart of the matter why is activists to live in jail just because he expressed himself here their story on the talk to al-jazeera at this time. i am doing this for the benefit of people. so they see the importance of their cars. witness documentaries that open your eyes. at this time on al-jazeera.

welcome on top of the sport has far. thanks very much for the first time in almost thirty years iraq will be able to play international football matches at home after fee for partially lifted a ban the lifting of the ban also opens the way for iraq to host next year's gulf cup safety and security concerns had meant that all home world cup an asian cup qualifiers had to be played in neutral countries for president jonny and tino says it's now safe enough for internationals to be played in three cities erbil basra and karbala. also budget will be

about complaints was he was concerned obviously the opposition organizing his games if he would obviously you don't see it as well but boy when you see those. images in but bob. these are questions bob accepted by the coalition. excuse me just in the morning to. me that any one of the country hasn't played full internationals on home soil since the one nine hundred ninety invasion of kuwait they're one world cup the parents came four years before that in one thousand nine hundred eighty six despite the disruption iraq's biggest success came in two thousand and seven when the team won the asian cup fever granted them permission for the country to host friendlies last may and more than sixty five thousand fans were in attendance when iraq hosted saudi arabia last month for the first time in almost four decades earlier i spoke to iraq's football

writer hossam bello he told us how difficult it's been for the team to play all their important games away from home. it's been very difficult of course for the fund especially you know football's basically all kind of final beacon of hope it's a huge sport iraq's the main sport for us to not be able to watch our national side in nearly three decades it's been very tough but likewise for the team it's also being very difficult you know in various different aspects first of all on the top level of football the small margins much hugely with with no home support when you're playing in a stadium that's completely empty whether it's in kind of dump or the u.a.e. or wherever you know it's not the same atmosphere that will generate when you're playing in your own country so that might give you a five percent edge it's very difficult for the plays and that sets likewise the factors such as extra travel or the pitches being poor this is especially been the

case when we played in iran and when you have to play is capable of playing fast fluid football such as seen just in their own really results in you being forced to play a more direct approach which is not very convenient when you have the play is capable of playing a better standard of football so it's been very difficult in these in these circumstances the draw has been made for the champions league quarter final senate still leverage some exciting ties two time defending champions around madrid will face italian side eventis and a repeat of last season final that was won by the spanish side real are bidding to become the first team to win europe's top club competition three straight times and more than forty years. on was going to just i mean i've had to we already played them three times recently in the past and i think both of us recognize it'll be difficult we'll have to play those games very very well at a very high level to progress this being said we obviously trust our players who

showed us those last years that they're able to handle these types of games very well and raise a lot of joy among our fans. romo will be able to avoid the thrashing barcelona gave them when they last met in the champions league and twenty fifteen all quarter final debutant sivia made this legal leaders bar in munich one of the two remaining english teams will be eliminated after liverpool were drawn with manchester city for the first time in european competition authorities will be on high alert after english side arsenal were drawn with cisco moscow in the europa league finals tensions between the two nations have been high after the poisoning of a former russian spy and his daughter shortly after the draw was made the club issued a travel advisory for france thinking of going to moscow for the away like it highlighted warning from the british foreign office saying there is the possibility of anti british sentiment in russia and to avoid commenting publicly on political

developments last year's mozy ph championship runner up andre divots he also was quickest and practice ahead of sunday's season opening round. the italian ducati rider finished just six one thousand seven second faster than his nearest rival qualifying session will be held on saturday. oh some bob we have moved to the top of the table after beating ireland by a hundred and six runs and their cricket world cup qualifier ten teams have been battling it out for the last two remaining spots in next year's world cup the years of economic and political turmoil in zimbabwe have affected participation levels in the sports but as harm would toss the reports organizers hope the home tournaments will attract people back to the game. zimbabwe's national cricket team has surprised many local fans they've made it into the last

sixteen fighting it out for two final spots at next year's cricket world cup being held in england zimbabwe used to regularly play against a top national sides in the world. but the political and financial crises. the game some senior. in protest leaving behind a young inexperienced players who have a daunting task of picking up the pieces. i was forced to resign in november. is now president some fans and players hope a new beginning for the country will also be a new beginning for cricket we've had some challenges in the past. with the changes that have happened in the country that we can play our little part. we representing fifteen million people in our country. if we can do well and. then. country. in recent years the team a struggle against the international side. but they say playing on home soil in the

super sixes qualifying tournament gives them an advantage and gets more young people interested in the sport with all these games being played here at home that's a lot more younger people watching and i love more than the people interested in the sport and that's always sort of this all coming out and watching our heroes players twelve year old try to congress is no international teams are playing in zimbabwe inspires him and encourages young people. seeing shots playing people playing and people playing well. bill nice play. football remains more popular than cricket in zimbabwe some people here believe cricket is an elitist sport some schools are trying to change the perception it's a poor school the bats and balls are several years old they're really good players and upgrading a cricket academy and maybe one day play for the national team it's been

a bumpy road was the national side players know they still a lot of work to do the more matches they win could raise the profile of cricket and return zimbabwe's national team to form a place competing with the world's elite. and that's all your sport for now more later. all right that's it for me john dozens of an extension thanks so much but. in a war torn city in iraq a magic documents the stories of the survivors recording best hopes and dreams for a peaceful future after american troops withdrawal. but the conflict is far from over. he turns the camera on himself when i so take control and his family often forced to flee and nowhere to hide a witness documentary at this time on al-jazeera. history is so often

told through the eyes of leaders but in amritsar india just thirty kilometers from the border with pakistan this old building is being transformed into a new museum mallika ahluwalia is the driving force behind sars partition museum it's really shocking because if you think about the fact that within a few years of nine eleven happening nine eleven museum was there and they are now numerous holocaust museum this is not beautiful a museum so countries around the world have walked to memorialize these events that have shaped them by dition is not about the political events that led up to partition it's about the impact on each person who went through it it's really important that we highlight the stories of humanity hopefully one outcome on this would be that we remember our shared humanity and the shared history.

education is struggling to keep pace often failing to prepare children for today's world. but some schools the changing the rules are kids who have the day in spanish and how the baby. with astonishing results. that. different books are in. rebel education early learning mexico at this time on al-jazeera. the latest in donald trump's firing line the f.b.i. as deputy director is sacked on the eve of his retirement. and i'm joined on this is al jazeera live from.